Green Bay spends to strengthen its secondary for the second year in a row under defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley

The Green Bay Packers operated at a deficit at cornerback all of 2024 whether that was because top corner Jaire Alexander’s nagging injury or less than desirable play by former first-round pick Eric Stokes or others.

That’s why general manager Brian Gutekunst is spending on the opening day of the NFL’s legal tampering period to reinforce that position. He is signing Las Vegas Raiders cornerback Nate Hobbs to a four-year, $48 million contract with $16 million guaranteed, per NFL Media.

Hobbs himself told NFL senior insider Josina Anderson that the deal has a maximum value of $51 million, and that he is “ecstatic” to join the Packers.

“I’m ecstatic. It has not sunk in yet. I’m still dumbfounded by the opportunity, and I am ready to get to work,” Hobbs told Anderson on the phone on Monday. “Being with the Raiders in that division [the AFC West]and facing those quarterbacks [Patrick Mahomes, Justin Herbert and Bo Nix], I feel like I’m ready for anything [in the NFC North], and I am going in with a lot of confidence. It prepared me for this.”